وَفِتيانٍ حَوَوا كَرَماً وَجوداً

وَفِتيانٍ حَوَوا كَرَماً وَجوداً

وَحازوا مِنهُما ما لا يُحازُ

وَحازوا مِنهُما ما لا يُحازُ

And young men who possessed nobility and generosity,

Young men endowed with generosity and munificence

And attained of both what cannot be attained.

Attained from them what cannot be attained

إِذا جازَ المِطالُ بِوَعدِ قَومٍ

إِذا جازَ المِطالُ بِوَعدِ قَومٍ

فَلَيسَ لَهُ بِوَعدِهِمُ جَوازُ

فَلَيسَ لَهُ بِوَعدِهِمُ جَوازُ

If delay is permissible in fulfilling some people's promises,

If people's promises are fulfilled

Then it is not permissible in fulfilling theirs.

Then their promises have no validity

هُم في أَوجُهِ الأَيّامِ حُسنٌ

هُم في أَوجُهِ الأَيّامِ حُسنٌ

وَفي ديباجَةِ الدُينا طِرازُ

وَفي ديباجَةِ الدُينا طِرازُ

They are beauty on the faces of the days,

In the faces of days they are beautiful

And embroidery on the world's brocade.

And in the brocade of life adorned